Beam/Sonic or Sonic/Beam
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Cheetatron,
Posted on: 2012-06-04 15:02 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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Sonic/Beam|
Originally Posted by Droid76a
All,
I'm looking for comparison info on a beam/sonic corruptor vs a sonic/beam defender. Toon concept will be blue-side with Praetorian origin. Corruptor is fine. I'm going with sonic as a secondary, as it's low maintenance and lets me focus on the buttons of beam. Does that combo prefer one AT over another, or will it be a toss-up? I want to be able to solo effectively without being painful, but still darn impressive in teams On the solo side: yes, I know that's harder with Sonic, as most of the powerset is useless when solo. Corruptors have scourge, and (I think?) a higher DF than defenders. Defenders have vigilance. On the team side: defenders get bigger boosts from both the -res (30% x2) as well as the +RES in the shield. Corruptors still do plenty of -res, though, especially combined with beam. Thoughts? |
Since disintegration doesn't scourge, overchage is kinda underwelming on both ATs and you get more res an -res
It really depends on what you want. The -res from Sonic Siphon will help somewhat with the damage, and if you do a dual build, you can fill in the gaps (in either AT) for powers you won't use solo with things you'll find useful - leadership, hasten, etc.
Honestly, in this situation, I'd just pare it down to "Do you want your buffs earlier or your attacks earlier?" Such as 12 vs 20 for Sonic Dispersion, or 26 vs 35 for clarity (still comes WAY too late in the set either way, IMHO.)
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I'm patient, and can wait, so this isn't a factor for me. I am looking for a hands-off secondary which kinda leads to more attacks earlier.... but as you said, the -res from sonic siphon will balance that out, scourge doesn't matter with disintegrate (but shouldn't it? is that a bug?), and the primary weapon attacks you get first anyway.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
It really depends on what you want. The -res from Sonic Siphon will help somewhat with the damage, and if you do a dual build, you can fill in the gaps (in either AT) for powers you won't use solo with things you'll find useful - leadership, hasten, etc.
Honestly, in this situation, I'd just pare it down to "Do you want your buffs earlier or your attacks earlier?" Such as 12 vs 20 for Sonic Dispersion, or 26 vs 35 for clarity (still comes WAY too late in the set either way, IMHO.) |
I'd go the defender. The damage bonus when solo plus the extra modifers for -res will help greatly, probably over taking the cor in damage output when you count in the no scourge (which I didnt know about).
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I'd vote for defender also. Your damage kind of ramps up anyway and my experience with a Beam corrupter was that your scourge is usually overkill.
I would suggest that either way you go redside for the pet so you can use him as an anchor for your -res toggle.
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Defender it is!|
Originally Posted by Shadey_NA
I'd vote for defender also. Your damage kind of ramps up anyway and my experience with a Beam corrupter was that your scourge is usually overkill.
I would suggest that either way you go redside for the pet so you can use him as an anchor for your -res toggle. |
Thanks for suggesting/reminding me about redside pets, too, to anchor that toggle. I hope I would have thought of that before 50... but I am blond. Who knows.
All,
I'm looking for comparison info on a beam/sonic corruptor vs a sonic/beam defender.
Toon concept will be blue-side with Praetorian origin. Corruptor is fine.
I'm going with sonic as a secondary, as it's low maintenance and lets me focus on the buttons of beam.
Does that combo prefer one AT over another, or will it be a toss-up?
I want to be able to solo effectively without being painful, but still darn impressive in teams
On the solo side: yes, I know that's harder with Sonic, as most of the powerset is useless when solo. Corruptors have scourge, and (I think?) a higher DF than defenders. Defenders have vigilance.
On the team side: defenders get bigger boosts from both the -res (30% x2) as well as the +RES in the shield. Corruptors still do plenty of -res, though, especially combined with beam.
Thoughts?